Power Plant Operator

About Piedmont Green Power:

Piedmont Green Power, LLC (“PGP”) owns a 55MW biomass-fired generating facility located in Barnesville, Georgia, approximately 70 miles southeast of Atlanta. PGP commenced operations in 2013 and sells power to Georgia Power Company, through a long‐term offtake contract. PGP utilizes approximately 500,000 tons of woody biomass annually, consisting of urban wood waste, mill, and logging residues. As of December 2023, PGP became fully owned by Pacolet Milliken, LLC.

Piedmont Green Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

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Job Overview:

Responsible for the safe and efficient management of the fuel supply at the Piedmont facility, a 55MW biomass-fired facility. Works rotating 12-hour shifts, overtime, and irregular hours outside the normal shift rotation as needed to support reliable facility operations, callouts, or planned maintenance outages.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Operates, maintains, and repairs equipment, such as fluidized bubbling bed combustor, steam generators, steam turbines, electrical generators, air compressors, motors, pumps, compressors, electrical switchgear, loaders, ash and fuel handling systems, bulldozers, and small utility equipment.
• Records data such as temperature of equipment, hours of operation, fuel consumption, temperature or pressure, water level, analysis of flue gases, voltage load, and generator balance.
• Uses prescribed plant operations procedures to adjust manual control or override automatic controls to bring equipment into recommended or prescribed operating range.
• Operates the plant equipment in a safe manner using plant operations procedures as directed by the Shift Supervisor.
• Performs routine plant rounds and record keeping.
• Follows all company policies and procedures.
• Assists with scheduled, unscheduled, and preventative maintenance tasks.
• Performs all aspects of water test and treatments.
• Performs ash-handling duties.
• Complies with company plant safety and regulatory procedures.
• Communicates both audibly and visually per safety protocols.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Specific Skills:

• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment, displaying cooperativeness, courtesy, and respect.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read, write, and understand instructions and procedures in English.
• Ability to manage shifting priorities.

Minimum Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent

Minimum Experience:

2 to 4 years of equal experience and/or training in a power generation facility or similar industrial environment.

Certifications & Licenses:

Valid driver's license

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:

N/A

Physical Requirements

Possess close visual acuity and acuity to operate machinery. Have visual acuity to make general observations of facilities or structures. Have the ability to stand, walk, balance, crouch, kneel, stoop, climb, crawl, reach, grasp, finger, feel, talk, hear, pull, push, repetitive motion, and lift at least 80 lbs.

Working Conditions

Subject to activities in hot, cold, noisy, and dark environments both inside and outside; noise levels where one may need to shout to be heard, hazards such as moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working in high places, working in close quarters, vibration, fumes, odors, dusts, oil, gases, and wear a respirator.

Job Type: Full-time

Shift Schedule: Work schedule will be rotating 12-hour shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays with overtime, and irregular hours outside the normal shift rotation as needed to support reliable facility operations, callouts, or planned maintenance outages. Shifts are typically 7:00am to 7:00pm and 7:00pm to 7:00am.

Pay: $26.00 - $28.00 / hour

Supplemental Pay: Annual Bonus

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Parental leave
• Vacation
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Assistance Program